From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,f8a440310f7f2e02 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,domainid0,public,usenet X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news2.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!nlpi057.nbdc.sbc.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!lon-spool.news.telstra.net!lon-in.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: Dale Stanbrough Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Extended return question References: <4875b7e3$0$6618$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.2 (Intel Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:32:21 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 58.161.16.225 X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1215675141 58.161.16.225 (Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:32:21 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:32:21 EST Organization: BigPond Internet Services Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:1077 Date: 2008-07-10T07:32:21+00:00 List-Id: Georg Bauhaus wrote: > Dale Stanbrough wrote: > > The purpose of an extended return is to create the values in-situ > > without copying. > > _Limited_ objects can be initialized in situ by an aggregate > or function call ... :-) Ah, thanks. I had misread John Barnes comments on this. Why such a restriction? Why not allow it for all extended returns on all types? Dale -- dstanbro@spam.o.matic.bigpond.net.au